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Changes in the use of lands

Last update of indicator27.11.2023

Indicator definition

Changes in the use of lands represent reductions or increments in aggregate values of individual land categories.

Units

Index 2005 = 100

Metadata

Key messages

Anthropogenic pressure on soil causes reductions in the agricultural land. Agricultural land has been created through lengthy soil processes and as such plays a number of environmental functions.  Reduction in the size of agricultural land has been caused mainly by a growing demand for construction land. Progress toward the green growth can be assessed also on the basis of these changes.
Between 2005 and 2020, the area of agricultural land decreased by 2.4% (-57,954 ha) to the current 2,375,025 ha. Increase was recorded for water bodies by 2% (+1 869 ha) and forest land by 1.3% (+ 22 618 ha). From the environmental perspective, growth in the size of built up areas occurs often at the expense of highly productive agricultural land, and as such is considered as a negative aspect.

Summary assessment

 

Source:GCCA SR Source table

 

International comparison

The OECD Green Growth database contains selected indicators for monitoring progress towards green growth to support policy making and inform the public at large. The database provides a synthesis of data and indicators available across a wide range of domains. The sources of the underlying data used to populate the Green Growth Indicators, as presented here, include a range of OECD databases and, in some cases, external data sources. The database covers OECD member countries, accession countries and selected non-OECD countries (including the BRIICS economies - Brazil, Russian Federation, India, Indonesia, China and South Africa).


OECD Green Growth Indicators Database

Contact

Ing. Beata Kročková, SAŽP, beata.krockova@sazp.sk

 

Methodology:

 

Selection and methodology of indicator’s assessment is based on the set of indicators proposed by the OECD and addressed by the report: "Green Growth: Monitoring progress towards green growth“. Data relating to the national situation are usually presented in the period between 2000 and 2012. Basic time sequence is changed in those cases when the data are not accessible or when their comparison is not possible due to differing approaches in their collection, assessment, changes in methodology, classification, etc.  Summary assessment of indicator’s trend from the green growth perspective is based on a subjective evaluation of the responsible assessor due to the fact that the strategy is not officially implemented in the Slovak Republic and therefore specific objectives have not been defined.  Naturally, this assessment builds on the analysis of the past trends, as well as their anticipated direction in view of the measures adopted as to date.
Selected indicators characterize Slovakia's initial position as seen from the perspective of the green growth and were to be used as a measuring tool before further steps are taken in the process of implementation of this strategy and for a complex assessment of the future trend of the Slovak economy.  Present set of green growth indicators comprises 32 individual indicators that are relevant in Slovakia's conditions. Four of them are national indicators that describe voluntary instruments of the environmental strategy.


Data sources:

Data used in this document come from the official national or international sources and databases.  Assessed trend was reviewed and discussed with the state administration specialists (individual departments of the ministries of Environment, Economy, Labour and Social Affairs and Family, Finance, Agriculture and Rural Development) and their professional organisations (Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute, State Geological Institute of Dionýz Štúr, Slovak Environmnet Agency, State Nature Consservancy, Institute for Financial Policy) and also the Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic whose databases furnish most of the information.


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